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@@ -26,16 +26,23 @@ Dependencies:
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To reproduce our results, just run `./run.sh`. **This will take a long
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time (about 12.5 hours on my device) and require a few GB of free
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-space.** The reason is that it needs to download all extra-info records
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-for all bridges from 2020-07 to 2021-04 from the Tor Project's CollecTor
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-service (734 MB compressed, about 20 GB uncompressed), extract that
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-data, and obtain the needed information (bridge fingerprint, record
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-date, and connection count from Belarus) from each record. There are A
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-LOT of these records.
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-
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-If you want to avoid spending all the time to do that, you can run
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-`./run.sh --fast`, which starts with a 6.7 MB archive (87 MB
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-uncompressed) containing only the information we need.
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+space.** The reason is that it downloads all extra-info records for all
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+bridges from 2020-07 to 2021-04 from the Tor Project's CollecTor service
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+(734 MB compressed, about 20 GB uncompressed), extract that data, and
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+obtain the needed information (bridge fingerprint, record date, and
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+connection count from Belarus) from each record. We reduce the disk
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+space required by extracting only one archive at a time, then deleting
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+the resulting files after processing. Nevertheless, there are A LOT of
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+these records (about 4 million), and it takes a long time to process
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+them all.
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+
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+Alternatively, you can run `./run.sh --fast`, which starts with a 6.7 MB
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+archive (87 MB uncompressed) containing only the information we need.
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+Thils is *much* faster (1-2 minutes on my device) and requires much less
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+disk space (around 250 MB).
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+
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+Full results will be available in the `output` file, and the relevant
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+summary will be printed to the console.
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## Julian dates
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